An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s18.32

v1.c9.s18.32

AHICCHATRĀ, MATHURA, KAUŚĀMBĪ and RAJGHAT were important centres of animal figurines as well. However the published details are scanty. Between 500-300 B.C. they show incised lines and punched circlets as at ŚRĀVASTĪ. Between 300 and 50 B.C. elephant figurines far outnumber others on most of the sites. Sometimes in grey and the NBPW fabric, as at MATHURA, AYODHYA, KAUŚĀMBĪ and RAJGHAT, they are punched with symbols like the wheel and leaf—a feature repeated at most of the sites in the Ganga valley. They do not occur in the succeeding subperiod, 50 B.C.-A.D. 300. Figurines of the cattle have not generally been reported from the levels before 200 B.C. but are common between 50 B.C. and A.D. 300. The horse figurines too, less numerous in 300-50 B.C., were common between 50 B.C. and A.D. 300.